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Al-Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility for Rocket Fire from Lebanon
(Daily Star-Lebanon) Mohammad Zaatari - The militant al-Qaeda-affiliated group Abdallah Azzam Brigades has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack from southern Lebanon into Israel overnight Monday. According to the el-Nashra news website, "On Tuesday morning, 29 Nov. 2011, a unit from the Abdallah Azzam Brigades shelled Zionist settlements in North Palestine from south Lebanon and the missiles have hit their targets." On Nov. 23, the U.S. placed a suspected Saudi member of the Abdallah Azzam Brigades on its list of international criminals. The State Department said Hamad Al-Hablain was an explosives expert for the group. A Lebanese security source said Lebanese troops found two rocket launch pads.